Tracy (The Cuff Links song)

"Tracy"
Single by The Cuff Links
from the album Tracy
B-side "Where Do You Go?"
Released September 1969
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Bubblegum pop
Length 2:05
Label Decca Records
Writer(s) Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance
Producer(s) Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance
The Cuff Links singles chronology
"Tracy"
(1969)
"When Julie Comes Around"
(1969)

"Tracy" is a song written by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, which was released in 1969 by The Cuff Links and featured Ron Dante on vocals.[1][2] Dante recalled recording the vocals for "Tracy" stating, "I put on a lead voice, doubled it a few times, and then put about 16, 18 backgrounds."[3]

The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9,[4] while reaching No. 5 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[5] No. 5 on the Cash Box Top 100,[6] No. 1 on Canada's RPM 100,[7] No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart,[1] No. 4 on New Zealand's NZ Listener chart,[8][9] and No. 9 on Australia's Go-Set chart.[10]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Australia - Go-Set 9
Canada - RPM 100 1
Canada - RPM Adult Contemporary[11] 3
Canada - CHUM 30[12] 2
New Zealand - NZ Listener [13] 4
UK Singles Chart 4
US Billboard Hot 100 9
US Billboard - Easy Listening 5
US Cash Box Top 100 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1969) Rank
Canada - "RPM's 100 Hits of 1969"[14] 38
US Billboard - "Top Easy Listening Singles - 1969"[15] 49
US Billboard - "Top Hot 100 Singles - 1969"[15] 81

References

  1. 1 2 Tracy - By: The Cuff Links, MusicVF.com. Accessed September 17, 2015
  2. Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 3rd edition, Billboard Publications, Inc. (1987). p. 83
  3. Kim Cooper & David Smay, "Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth", Feral House, (2001). p. 61.
  4. The Cuff Links - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 17, 2015
  5. The Cuff Links - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed September 17, 2015
  6. Cash Box Top 100, Cash Box, November 8, 1969. p. 4. Accessed July 13, 2016.
  7. "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, November 8, 1969. p. 7. Accessed September 17, 2015
  8. "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, March 14, 1970. p. 61. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  9. "NZ Listener charts", Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed September 19, 2015
  10. Ed Nimmervoll, "GO-SET National Top 40", December 20, 1969. Accessed September 17, 2015
  11. "Adult", RPM, November 22, 1969. Accessed September 17, 2015
  12. CHUM 30 – October 25, '69 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2006). Collector's Issue No. 64. CHUM. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  13. NZ Listener chart summary, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed August 18, 2016.
  14. RPM's 100 Hits of 1969, RPM Weekly. p. 18. Volume 12, No. 20-21, January 10, 1970. Accessed July 13, 2016.
  15. 1 2 "Top Records on 1969 (Based on Billboard Charts)", Billboard, December 27, 1969. pp. 16-17. Accessed December 17, 2015.


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